In the late 1950s most Warren youngsters knew Manny Heuberger as a friendly, short and stooped elderly man who was the supervisor of the Child Street School playground.  Little did they know what he had accomplished fifty years earlier.

During the first decade of the twentieth century, Warren’s volunteer firemen reached the site of conflagrations by pulling their engines as they raced on foot down the town’s streets.  Manny was a member of the Rough and Readys, and his constant running molded him into one of the top road racers in the East Bay. 

An example of this was his finishing as the first Bristol County runner in a 1909 marathon that was contested in Warren.

But his favorite sport was baseball.  In 1910 he played for both the Baptist Brotherhood and Warren Shoe nines.  This latter team replaced a losing squad in the state’s highest ranked league, the Inter-City League, and won all nine games that they played.  Then for the following six seasons, Manny played for the town team that competed under such monikers as the Silk Hats (a team that is in the Hall of Fame), Warren Shoe, and the Warren Athletic Association.

This team captured a number of championships, including the Warren crown of 1914 and Manufacturers League State titles in both 1912 and 1915.  Manny played on the first of these Manufacturers League squads and served as player/manager of the latter.

He also served as the player/manager of Warren’s victorious entry in the 1915 Little World Series against Bristol.  Overall Manny competed in three Series and batted .345, with his best year coming when he hit .500 in 1912.

A member of the Rough and Ready ice polo team, he served as a Vice President and umpire of the Twilight Baseball League, while also playing during the ‘20s.

When the Warren Little League began play in 1952, Manny suited up again and served as the league’s umpire-in-chief.  ( Manny is back row; center ).

 For this and much more, Warren Community Services honored him in 1960 “for service to Warren youth.”

Pictures from Hall of Fame archives